How to convert eregi to preg_match?

Question

I am using a lib which uses

eregi($match=\"^http/[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+[ \\t]+([0-9]+)[ \\t]*(.*)\\$\",$line,$matches)

but as eregi is deprecat

Answer 1

You can try:

preg_match("@^http/[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+[ \t]+([0-9]+)[ \t]*(.*)\$@i",$line,$matches)

• You can drop the the $match=
• You are using / as the delimiter and there is another / present in the regex after http, which effectively marks the end of your regex. When PHP sees the [ after this it complains.
• You can use a different set of delimiters as @ or escape the / after http